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Monthly Archives: February 2013

UK innovation in the mobile world

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, — Media, broadband and creative industries

Ed Vaizey was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and promoted to Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries in 2014.

The Mobile World Congress happens every year in Barcelona. Something like 75,000 delegates descend on the Catalan capital from all over the world to discuss all things mobile.

An industry to be proud of

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, February 15, 2013 — Culture

Maria Miller was appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in September 2012.

I heard the other day that one of our ambassadors overseas had sent back a report praising the ITV series Downton Abbey which, he wrote, was proving very popular indeed with the people in his adopted country. They loved it, apparently. They praised its writing, the wonderful characters, the romance, the splendid settings – ‘high…

Archaeology at its best

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, February 8, 2013 — Culture

Ed Vaizey was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and promoted to Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries in 2014.

I’ve been completely enthralled by the story about the discovery of Richard III’s remains. A controversial king murdered in battle; a group of dedicated supporters across the globe dedicated to transforming his reputation, half a millennium on; a dig that was like looking for a needle in a haystack to find his skeleton for the…